Four doctors among the 13 Tampa Bay residents charged in a massive national crackdown on health care fraud

Four physicians and nine other individuals are among the 13 people from the Tampa Bay area facing charges in what the U.S. Department of Justice says is the largest health care fraud enforcement action in its history. Nationwide, 601 defendants are accused of taking part in fraud schemes involving more than $2 billion in false billings, according to a press release from the DOJ. “Health care fraud is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” U.S. Attorney…
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